Wednesday, June 17, 2026 • Hot, low-to-mid 90s — and windy. 💨

🌧️ Rain chances go up Thursday, and stick around through next week.

⚾ The Oklahoma Sooners are one win from the MCWS championship series. They play Georgia at 6 p.m. on ESPN. The Bulldogs have to win twice — OU only once.

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Poll results:

We received 89 votes on the Tuesday poll, “Should marital infidelity be a disqualifier from being elected to public office?”

• 33 said YES 
• 31 said NO
• 25 said, ‘Depends on when it happened.’

New poll question at the bottom of today’s newsletter. (You can also suggest a poll question by emailing me at [email protected].)

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By Sierra Pfeifer, Graycen Wheeler, Robby Korth, Sabrina Thaler, Sarah Liese (Twilla), Thomas Pablo, Anna Pope, Angel Ford — KOSU
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Come January 2027, Oklahoma will have a new governor. On Tuesday, Oklahomans narrowed a field of 15 hopefuls to six.

Democrats advanced State Rep. Cyndi Munson, and Republicans will head back to the polls in August for a runoff primary between former state lawmaker Mike Mazzei and Attorney General Gentner Drummond. Three independent candidates will be waiting for them in November.

Drummond and Mazzei each captured just over a quarter of the Republican votes in the nine-candidate GOP race. Their next closest rival, Chip Keating, received less than 20%.

Drummond was the first Republican to announce his candidacy in January 2025 and was long seen as the frontrunner in the race. He narrowly finished ahead of Mazzei by less than one percentage point of the vote.

As Oklahoma’s Attorney General since 2023, Drummond has targeted illegal marijuana operations, pushed for better open records compliance and distributed millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds.

The Oklahoma State University alumnus and U.S. Air Force veteran has frequently found himself at loggerheads with Gov. Kevin Stitt. Drummond has criticized Stitt’s adversarial relationships with Oklahoma-based tribes, Stitt’s support for a public Catholic charter school and Stitt’s “weaponization” of audits.

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Here’s what’s happening in Oklahoma today:

• Voters reject effort to hike Oklahoma’s minimum wage (Oklahoma Voice)

• Jackson Lahmeyer, Mark Tedford advance in Tulsa-area runoff for U.S. House seat (NonDoc)

• Nelson beats Martin in CD 5, Hern wins Senate nomination, incumbents easily advance (NonDoc)

• Franklin, Taylor advance to GOP runoff in state superintendent race (Oklahoma Voice)

• Jon Echols wins Republican attorney general nomination (NonDoc)

• VICTORY SPEECH: T.W. Shannon wins GOP Lt. Gov. nomination (News 9)

• GOP lands upset in Oklahoma treasurer primary, avoids runoff in lieutenant governor race (The Oklahoma Eagle)

• Republican runoff for Oklahoma insurance commissioner to feature long-time industry professionals from Tulsa area (Tulsa Flyer)

• Republican Brad Boles and Democrat Rhonda Eastman emerge victorious in Oklahoma Corporation Commission primaries (Tulsa Flyer)

• Steve Kunzweiler fends off Colleen McCarty in Tulsa DA race (The Oklahoma Eagle)

• Voters dust Deevers, rebuff Freedom Caucus candidates (NonDoc)

• Oklahoma independents cast votes on minimum wage question, denounce closed primaries (KOSU)

• OSBI investigating deadly officer-involved shooting along Will Rogers Turnpike (News On 6)

• Repair of sewer main under Oklahoma River threatens summer events (The Oklahoman)*

• Man found dead inside home that caught fire in southwest Oklahoma City (KOCO)

• Members of Oklahoma's Task Force 1 to help with parts of Texas devastated by flooding (KOCO)

Tuesday’s Games
• West Virginia 12, Troy 0 (Trojans eliminated)
• Georgia 2, Texas 0 (Longhorns eliminated)

Wednesday’s Games
• West Virginia vs. North Carolina, 1 p.m.
• Georgia vs. Oklahoma, 6 p.m.

Both contests on ESPN.

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